Mar 16 • 16:05 UTC 🇪🇪 Estonia Postimees

An entrepreneur was scammed out of over 200,000 euros with simple tricks

A group of scammers exploited the naivety of individuals in Viljandi County to steal hundreds of thousands of euros from a local entrepreneur.

In Viljandi County, Estonia, scammers took advantage of the gullibility of victims, managing to extract over 200,000 euros from a local entrepreneur. The incident took place on March 5, when a 40-year-old businessman received false information from the scammers. They claimed that there had been unauthorized transfers from his business account to individuals and companies in Russia, which are currently under sanctions. They manipulated him into thinking that he could block these transactions by providing his Smart-ID PIN2 code, which is akin to a personal signature.

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